THE APIARY. 



AVinterlng Bees—For the benefit of those -who are interested in the 

 subject of bee-keeping, we present herewith an illustrated article upon win- 

 tering bees, the suggestions 



in which we think will be 

 found both valuable and 

 timely. 



Prepare, of any sound 

 matched flooring, a plat- 

 form nailed to 2x4 or 3x3 

 joists. When ready, set it 

 upon blocks or stones, and 

 it will appear as shown in 

 Fig. 1. On this you are to 

 put the bee hives, eight in number, and arranged as stated further on; also 

 a north-end board, two side boards, a south-end board and a movable cover 

 or roof. The arrangement 



FIG. 1. — ^PLATFOBM. 



c C C (, 



I J I I I I I 



d d f/ 6 



FIG. 2. — ABEANGEMENT OF HIVES. 



of your hives should be as 

 shown in Fig. 2, where a is 

 the north-end board, made 

 square, but with cleats, as 

 in the next figure; and ^^ fi 

 are two hives with their en- 

 trances facing the south; 

 cce are three hives with 

 their entrances to the east; 

 ddd are three hives with 

 their entrances to the west. 

 The object of this arrange- 

 ment is to vary as far as possible the entrances, that the bees be less con- 

 fused when they fly out in winter. Experience shows that most of them find 



out their own hives by this arrangement. 

 Fig. 3 shows the inside of the north- 

 end piece of the boxing about the hives, 

 the outside of which is perfectly plain, 

 and a a are two cleats that hold the 

 boards together, with the square wall 

 cleat at the bottom and the longer cleat 

 close by the fii-st cleat, the three cleata 

 making an inch space, marked dark, 

 which dark places allow the side pieces 

 to rest in and be held to the north piece. Fig. 4 shows first the outside of tlie 

 south-end piece, and that it has two cleats, but that the boards do not go 

 down to the bottom of them. The constniction of this south piece is further 

 Been in the end view, at the right hand of the larger view. 



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